In maize, hybrid vigour is exploited by:

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In maize, hybrid vigour is exploited by:
A. inducing mutations
B. bombarding the protoplast with DNA
C. crossing of two inbred parental lines
D. harvesting seeds from the most productive plants


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Correct Answer - C
Hybrid vigour has been commerically exploited in different commerical crops like maize sorghum bajra tomato sugarbeet hybridistion or crossing of two unrealted individuals or parental lines leakd to hybrid vigour or heterosis .It refers to fthe superioriy of the hybrid over its parents .The changes in the prognenyt or hybrid can be seen with naked eyes .The main steps include i.e selection of parents selfing of arents emasualtion , bagging crossing of desired and selected pareents and finally seed setting and harvesting.

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